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diff --git a/doc/testing.md b/doc/testing.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..91cf0828 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/testing.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +CLBlast: Testing the library for correctness +================ + +This document describes how to test the library. For other information about CLBlast, see the [main README](../README.md). + + +Compiling the correctness tests +------------- + +To make sure CLBlast is working correctly on your device (recommended), compile with the tests enabled by specifying `-DTESTS=ON`, for example as follows: + + cmake -DTESTS=ON .. + +To build these tests, another BLAS library is needed to serve as a reference. This can be either: + +* The OpenCL BLAS library [clBLAS](http://github.com/clMathLibraries/clBLAS) (maintained by AMD) +* A regular CPU Netlib BLAS library, e.g.: + - OpenBLAS + - BLIS + - Accelerate + +Afterwards, executables in the form of `clblast_test_xxxxx` are available, in which `xxxxx` is the name of a routine (e.g. `xgemm`). + + +Running the tests +------------- + +All tests can be run as individual executables or directly together in one go through the `make alltests` target or using CTest (`make test` or `ctest`). In the latter case the output is less verbose. Both cases allow you to set the default device and platform to non-zero by setting the `CLBLAST_DEVICE` and `CLBLAST_PLATFORM` environmental variables. Further options can be supplied through the `CLBLAST_ARGUMENTS` environmental variable (e.g. export CLBLAST_ARGUMENTS="-full_test -cblas 1 -clblas 0" on a UNIX system). + +Note that CLBlast is tested for correctness against [clBLAS](http://github.com/clMathLibraries/clBLAS) and/or a regular CPU BLAS library. If both are installed on your system, setting the command-line option `-clblas 1` or `-cblas 1` will select the library to test against for the `clblast_test_xxxxx` executables. All tests have a `-verbose` option to enable additional diagnostic output. They also have a `-full_test` option to increase coverage further. |